The Graduate evaluation action

2022-01-26 08:02
In 1967, "The Graduate" directed by Mike Nichols appeared in a blockbuster posture and became a compelling work in the 1960s youth film. The film has also become a pivotal masterpiece in the history of film.
The keynote of the film is comedy, but the theme is really heavy and serious. It is under this "serious funny" that the film embodies a sense of pungent irony and increases the intensity of this irony. On the other hand, for a person like Benn who has just stepped out of college, the social order has already been established by his parents. This order is the ideology of the "adult society". If this ideology is decadent If it is out of date, then it will definitely give birth to one or several individual forces that rise up to resist and break through everything. Benn is the individual force that rises up in the film.
"Graduate" has a bright and inspiring ending. This is a Kerouac-style ending. Benn, who pursues freedom, refuses to compromise with the adult world. They choose to escape, but they don't have their own destination. They are always on the road. As one of the masterpieces of Hollywood movies in the 1960s, it accurately shows the young people of that era: they are rebellious, passionate, looking forward to the future, longing for justice, aversion to hypocrisy, pursuing happiness, and squandering their youth.
The protagonist Dustin Hoffman became famous for starring in the film. He interprets Benn’s growth from immature to mature convincingly. Anne Bancroft's grasp of Mrs. Robinson is also extremely skillful. Her performance is tepid, without losing the elegance of the middle class, but also reveals a sophistication and cynicism.
With an arrogant expression and a gloomy, mocking look, Bancroft portrayed Mrs. Robinson's disgusting image into a three-pointer. In this film, "Mrs Robinson" became synonymous with middle-aged slut. In real life, Bancroft was 36 years old when he appeared in this film, but Bancroft's performance convinced the audience that Mrs. Robinson was old enough to be Benn’s mother.
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The Graduate quotes

  • Benjamin: [a knock on the apartment door as Ben's shaving] Who is it?

    Elaine: [Elaine enters the room] I want to ask you a question, and then I'm going!

    Benjamin: Come in.

    Elaine: No. I want to know why you're here in Berkeley.

    Benjamin: Because... I am.

    Elaine: Is it because I'm here?

    Benjamin: What do you think?

    Elaine: I think it is. I said, "I think it is!"

    Benjamin: All right, then yes.

    Elaine: Well, I want you to leave.

    Benjamin: Well, look, I love you!

    Elaine: How could you do that, Benjamin? Do you just hate everything? How could you possibly rape my mother?

    Benjamin: What?

    Elaine: I don't understand. I don't understand how you...

    Benjamin: Did you say "rape her"?

    Elaine: How you or anyone could do a thing like that!

    Benjamin: What did she say? You've got to tell me what she said!

    Elaine: Why?

    Benjamin: Because it isn't true! Tell me!

    Elaine: She said that she was having a drink at the hotel with a friend, and that you... waited for her in the parking lot, and told her that she was too drunk to drive home, and that you would get her a room for the night.

    Benjamin: Oh, then what?

    Elaine: Then you took her upstairs, and you raped her.

    Benjamin: Oh, no no, that's not what happened. What happened was that there was this party at my parents, I drove your mother home...

    Elaine: I don't want to hear this!

    Benjamin: Then we went upstairs to see your portrait...

    Elaine: No, I don't!

    Benjamin: When we got up in the room, she started taking her clothes off...

    Elaine: This is my mother, Benjamin!

    Benjamin: And suddenly, there she was without any clothes on, I mean, reallly naked!

    Elaine: Okay!

    [Elaine screams hysterically, lying face down on Ben's bed, crying]

  • Benjamin: [Benjamin pulls up to the service station] Can I use your phone?

    Gas station attendant: Yeah.

    Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): [Ben starts looking through the telephone directory; after finding the number, he dials it] 657-2036.

    Benjamin: Hello? Who is this?

    Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): This is Dr. Smith's answering service.

    Benjamin: Is the doctor anywhere?

    Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): I'm afraid the doctor can't be reached right now. If you'd like to leave...

    Benjamin: I have to know where he is!

    Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): Well, you see, the doctor is at his son's wedding, but I'm sure it's over by now. He should be checking in any moment.

    Benjamin: Listen to me! I'm Dr. Smith's brother... Reverend Smith, and I'm supposed to perform the ceremony. I just got in from Portland, and I've forgotten what church, you see?

    Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): Oh, well, I'm not sure, but you might try the First Presbyterian. Now that's on Allen Street.

    Benjamin: Thank you.

    [Ben hangs up, leaving the service station]

    Benjamin: Allen Street, where is it?

    Gas station attendant: Allen, uh... it's, uh... it's, uh... it's six blocks up and, uh... three over. Hey, you need any gas, Father?

    [Ben drives away]

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